One of the main products of…

One of the main products of Ontario’s forest biomass industry is wood pellets. Wood pellets are marketed as a clean energy alternative, however, they are dirtier than coal at the smokestack.
Increasing deforestation as a climate solution is not viable. While the government and industry claim that only waste wood is used to manufacture wood pellets, more whole trees from primary, boreal forests are being logged to meet the demands of this growing industry.
Although expanding the wood pellet industry will provide alternative employment for fossil fuel workers, these would be jobs in an industry that dumps more carbon into the atmosphere than what it's replacing. This is exactly what we should be avoiding! A complete produce lifecycle needs to be assessed to determine if it reduces unwanted emissions. Thank you.